Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-20
CROSS.SWEARlNG.

The Contradictory Facts Sworn to In In
Hill, Yesterday.
In Judge Dineevon's court yesterday the
case Of Territory We. Hill was tried. The
evidence Of the prosecution vas to the
effect that IN the 9Th OF August, about 8
o'clock in the evening. a wagon containing
Mr.. and Mrs. Cartwright and two men
Hurst and Russell stopped at Hills house
on the road leading to the Bell smelter.
They all remained in the wagon and asted
Tor Hill. who was not at home. Mrs. Cart.
wright and Mrs. Hill had som converse.
ton on general subjects, and q kee Of beer
which was in tho wagon was tapped and
they all drank. Presently Hill came up
and was invited to drink, but refused
Mrs. Cartwright offered to shake handle
with him, but he r-fused. Mrs. Cartwright
then said: you're too ornery to shake
hands, Hurst persuaded Hill to drink
with him. and the latter said to Cartwright:
''rAKE 1HAr WOMAN AWAY
from here" This he repeated. Mrs. Cart.
wright said to Nj. Hill: lift were not 10,
your wife and daughter you would be beg.
ging in the road" Hill then caught up q
hammer and made q stroke at Mrs. Cart.
wright but struck Russell. He then threw
the hammer at Mrs. Cartwright but missed
her and picked mp q double-bitted Ak with
which he struck at her. The blow was
warded of by Russell and then Hill went
round the wagon and made another pass
at Mrs. Cartwright with tho az but her
husband caught the weapon by the handle
and received q cut on the wrist from the
blade. The party then drove of and
Hurst left them after going q short distance
and returned to Rutte where he swore out
q warrant against Hill upon which the
latter was arrested the same night. The
Z OF THE EFENC
was entirely contradictory OF this state.
ment. Mrs. Hill testified that the wagon
containing the party drove up in front OF
the porch and asked for her husband. She
told them he VA absent. Mrs. Cartwright
and the balance of the party were drunk
and boisterous. Mrs. Cartwright made
some shocking revelations to her OF Hills
infdelity. They insisted IN tapping q keg
of beer they had. and she, to humor them,
made believe to drink with them. Her
husband drove up, and Mrs. Cartwright
called him with an insulting epithet to
come and drink with them. He naturally
declined, but was persuaded by Hurst to
drink with him. Mrs. Cartwright called to
him that il it wasn't for his wife and
daughter he would be a beggar. and threw
a cup at him, which struck him in the face.
She denied that her husband
USED A HAMMER
at all. He husband then told Cartwright
to drive of and they did 30. That after
going a short distance the wagon stopped
and she heard Mrs. Cartwright urge her
husband to go back and shoot Hill. That
Cartwright got out of the wagon and was
coming towards Hill when her husband
caught up the AZ and warned him not to
come any nearer. That Russell and Hurst
got Cartwright back into the wagon and
they left. The testimony for the prosecu.
ton was almost word for word the same
as given by the four witnesses who were in
the wagon, while
THAT FOR n DEFENCE
was similarly identical as given by their
witnesses, who were Mr.. and Mrs. Hill,
their 12-year.old daughter and q neighbor's
little boy. The prosecutions witnesses
were positive they were as sober when they
we're in the wagon as when on the stand.
The defence swore they were drunk and
abusive. No bad langu 'ge was used by
anyone but Hill. according to the prosecu'
ton; the language testified to by the de-
fence is unfit for publication. The only
conclusion to be drawn is that a big lie ID
out somewhere, and the Justice thought
that it would likely take q superior court
khon his to aift kha trnfh ont. and 40 com.
mitted Hill IN $500 bonds for the next